The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-06-08
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Friday next will be Kamehameha Day.
The race cards will be ready on Friday
morning.
The Australia took away quantity of
taro flour.
Forty-nine Portuguese left by the Aus
tralia yesterday.
The Rev. j. y. and Mrs Cruzan left by
the Australia yesterday.
The Bishop of Honolulu left for Maui
yesterday by the Likelike.
The Royal Mail steamer Zealandia is due
on Friday from San Francisco, with ten
days later news.
Mr.. Walter NJ and Mrs Giffard were
passengers for San Francisco by the Aus
tralia yesterday.
The usual prayer meetings at the vestry
of the Fort-street Church and the Lyceum
this evening at 7;30 o'clock.
At noon to-day Mr.. Lewis j Levey will
sell quantity OF rattan furniture, dam
aged by salt water, at his saIesroom.
There will be the usual services at st.
Andrews Cathedral this evening at 80
O'Clock, conducted by the Rev. George
Wallace.
A meeting of the teachers of the Bethel
Union Sunday-school will be held this
evening at the Lyceum after the prayer
meeting
The following are the late arrivals at
the Royal Hawaiian Hotel: D. E. Hayes,
S. a. Barker, G. Wapple, n. c. Briggs. E.
G. Dodge and wife.
The Honolulu Almanac and Directory"
for 1887 is now on sale att. H. Soper's
and A. NJ. Hewett's news depots, and at
this Office. Price, 80 cents
a special meeting of the Board of Rep
resentatives of the Fire Department will
be called at an early date to consider the
recent election of engineers.
There will be a meeting of the Women's
Church Aid Society at the Sunday-school
room of st. Andrews Cathedral on Thurs
day, June 9th, at 2 80 o'clock p. m.
His Majesty the King Will entertain
number of the visiting and local brethren
of the Masonic fraternity at breakfast on
Monday morning at 8 o'clock, at Iolani
Palace.
Saturday next, June 18th, the commem-
Grafton of the birthday of Kamehameha l,
will be observed as a public holiday, and
all Government offices throughout the
Kingdom will be closed.
The tug Eleu will convey the Royal Ha-
waiian Band and the police force to Kapio-
lani Park on Friday next at 10 o'clock a.
m On Saturday the tug will leave with
the same party at 8 O'Clock a. IN.
The following are the officers of the
newly organized Makawao Rifle Associa-
ton: President, E. H. Bailey; Vice Presi-
dent, William Turner; Treasurer, W. p.
A. Brewer; Secretary, Geo. w. Ashley.
The driver of No. % express, while under
the influence of liquor yesterday, nearly /!
drove into another carriage containing |
three ladies' It happened at the corner of |
Fort and Merchant streets, and was mar /
row escape from collision.
In order to avoid the crush usual on |
race days at the Park, tickets for admis-
sion to the grand stand and for general !
admission will be sold to-day and to-mor-
Merchant street Tickets viii be sold for
admission to both days races
The Otago, \. T., Witness" of May Sd
las the following: "A Press Association
message records the death at Auckland on
he 2Sth instant of an old colonist named
Captain Kell, who came to New Zealand
n 1899. The deceased was the first white
10Y to land at Hawaii, where Captain
yook was murdered
The s. F. Alta OF May 9th says: at
5 reliably stated that the Santa Fe Com
AMY will put on line of steamers be-
ween this port and Honolulu soon. The
'ity of Topeka will be one of the line. An
fort that promises success is also being
made to induce the Spreekels steamers to
ouch at this port and discharge mails for
Yerland carriage by way of Santa Fe.